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16-10-2020

Henning Larsen designs a concrete gallery over the lake

Denmark’s Arne Haugen Sørensen Museum dialogues with Lake Videbæk

09-10-2020

COBE and Arup’s Brutalist concrete station

COBE and Arup have built a metro station in the port of Copenhagen reinterpreting the Modernist idiom.

08-10-2020

Wittman Estes, refashioning a holiday home

With Aldo Beach House, the American architecture studio Wittman Estes has revamped an existing structure from the 1940s. The new-look beach house is now a multi-generational home in the stunning natural environment of Hood Canal, Washington.

07-09-2020

BAAQ’ puts its name to a sustainable refit in Mexico City

The Mexican architecture studio BAAQ’ founded by Alfonso Quiñones is behind the refurbishment and conversion of a 1960s building in a neighbourhood where the population density is rising. The project generates inclusive spaces, improves the use of daylight and implements sustainable solutions, including the harvesting of water.

28-08-2020

A prefabricated concrete garden centre by Studio Bressan

A prism of prefabricated concrete provides the minimalist container for a garden centre in Cittadella, near Padua.

25-08-2020

Ariostea Next: concrete and resin designed for contemporary style

Ariostea’s Next collection is based on a neutral, delicate color palette, inspired by the striking eloquence of ultra-contemporary materials such as concrete and resin. Refined elegance and natural warmth emanate from the Next floor and wall tile designs in a collection which is also available for exterior pedestrian or vehicular traffic surfaces, or personalized furnishings

17-08-2020

An elementary school by SOA architekti with passive energy standards

The Amos primary school, designed by the Czech studio SOA architekti is the first school - and one of the Czech Republic’s few public buildings - designed to passive energy standards. Taking its cue from the region’s vernacular architecture, this building just outside Prague doubles as a community centre for the village of Psáry.

12-08-2020

y.ad studio, a new textile hub in Cangzhou

The young Chinese architecture firm, y.ad studio is behind the project for a professional cluster of the garment industry with a new business model that integrates each part of the process - encompassing design, R&D, production, wholesale and retail, financial services, logistics, marketing, branding and exhibition services. It is located in Cangzhou, a city in the Hebei province in north-eastern China.